Harbourflap Stage
Jing Wong (12.30pm): often found busking around Hong Kong, Jing Wong pens his own gentle, folksy ballads, reminiscent of Damien Rice (who plays on the same stage the night before). His most recent EP, How to Disappear, received local praise, and his set – accompanied by a full band – promises to be one of the best examples of Hong Kong’s home-grown talent.
Jannine Weigel (1.30pm): with more than a million subscribers, 15-year-old Thai-German singer Jannine Weigel is a bona fide YouTube hit. Although she started out by covering Katy Perry and
Frozen, she’s recently moved on to release an original EP, including the generically boppy
Shotgun, which has
Twilight-inspired video to boot. Should make the ’tweens go crazy.
Rachael Yamagata (4pm): Yamagata has enjoyed a successful if understated career as a versatile pop singer-songwriter since 2004, when she released her first album,
Happenstance. Since then, she has toured with Mandy Moore and collaborated with Jason Mraz, Bright Eyes, Sheryl Crow, Toots and the Maytals, and Ray LaMontagne. She’s a practised performer with a distinctive pop sound.
The Skatalites (5.30pm): these Jamaican legends were creators, in the 1960s, of a new, hot sound that would come to define the island’s music and influence generations of artists, from Bob Marley to Sublime to Rihanna. Though none of the founding Skatalites members are still alive, their legacy endures. Join the band at Clockenflap for the joyous celebration of an irresistible, infectious genre.
HOCC (8.30pm): Denise Ho has been a beloved Canto-pop star for more than a decade, but recently she’s revived her relevance by calling for legitimate elections in Hong Kong and campaigning for LGBT rights. Ho was even arrested during the final day of the umbrella protests. Now, she’s back on her usual stage, sure to be one of Clockenflap’s biggest draws.
